V 17: The Family of Little Feet

"His feet were fat and doughy like thick tamales" is an example of _____ when she was discussing the grandpa's feet.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Why did the grandma walk with a wobble and still wear her high heals?

• She was too poor to buy more

• They were once her mom's and didn't want to lose them

• She couldn't make up her mind, so she always wore those.

• She loved them and didn't care how she walked in them

Why did Esperanza feel like they were Cinderella for a day?

• They got hand me down shoes from the neighbor that fit just right.

• Their new dresses were big and princess-like.

• She had her hair done for the first time in a long time.

• She went shoe shopping.

"The Lucy screams to take our socks off, and yes, it's true. We have legs. Skinny and spotted with satin scars where scabs were picked, but legs, all our own, good to look at and long." This paragraph tells us that the girls feel ____ about themselves with these new shoes.

• Opinionated

• Dangerous

• Confident

• Scared

Why does the man say the shoes are dangerous?

• They make the girls look older and get more attention.

• They could fall and get hurt.

• They would easily get them dirty.

• They won't last long.

How do the shoes change the girls?

• They realize they are too grown for this sort of thing.

• They realize that they aren't ready to look so grown, because it brought negative attention to them.

• They wanted to wear them all the time to continue looking so sassy.

• They decide that dress up isn't really fun after all.

How do the men in the neighborhood behave when they see the girls in those shoes?

• They ignore them.

• They offer to give them a ride.

• They give them too much inappropriate attention for children.

• They offer to help them walk properly.

In this chapter, the girls learn quite a bit about the way women are perceived. What are the perceptions of women that they face?

• Women are sometimes sexual objects, no matter their age or innocence.

• Women aren't as smart as men and are often inferior to them.

• Women work harder than men.

• Women should earn as much as men.

Style- What lines in this chapter create the sense of impending violence and potential violation that the narrator feels?

• It's Rachel who learns to walk the best, all strutted in those magic high heels.

• Your mother know you got shoes like that?

• If I give you a dollar, will you kiss me?

• The bum man is now yelling something into the air, but by now we are running fast and far away.

Why did Rachel tell the bum her name?

• She was feeling overly confident and let that cloud her judgement.

• She always introduced herself to strangers.

• She was a very friendly young lady.

• Her mother taught her to always be kind to those around you, especially if they pay you a compliment.